The efficacy and safety of diclofenac 0.1% versus prednisolone acetate 1% following trabeculectomy with adjunctive mitomycin-C

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 562-569

  Kent, Alexander R ^a   Dubiner, Harvey B ^d   Whitaker, Roy ^e   Mundorf, Thomas K ^f   Stewart, Jeanette A ^b   Cate, Elin A ^b   Stewart, William C ^b,c,g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Pharmaceutical Research Network   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Clayton Eye Center   (United States)

^e Georgia Eye Institute   (United States)

^f NONE

^g University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TASTE DISORDER; TONSILLITIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031849901     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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